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Tarkowski or Shaw: Who To Buy? | FPL Comparison

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GW2 data · compared 3× this week · last compared 2 hours ago

Defender

Tarkowski

Everton, EVE

Defender

Shaw

Man Utd, MUN

🏆 Tarkowski wins 5 of 10 of data comparisons

6.0M

Cost

4.5M

Total Points

6.0

Points Per Game

1.0

8.9%

Selected By

20.4%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

Minutes Played

0.0

ICT Index

0.0

6.0

Form

1.0

💰 Tarkowski is the value pick - 1.0 pts per £m (Tarkowski 1.0 vs Shaw 0.22)

🎯 Tarkowski is your differential (8.9% owned) - Shaw is the template pick at 20.4%

Fixtures

Everton

BOU 3 (A) - 2026-08-29
MUN 4 (H) - 2026-09-06
TOT 3 (A) - 2026-09-12
IPS 2 (H) - 2026-09-19
HUL 2 (A) - 2026-10-11

Man Utd

IPS 2 (H) - 2026-08-30
EVE 3 (A) - 2026-09-06
MCI 4 (H) - 2026-09-13
FUL 3 (A) - 2026-09-20
TOT 3 (H) - 2026-10-10

📅 Tarkowski has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 2.8 vs 3.0)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Tarkowski

58.2

Shaw

25.4

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Tarkowski

Key Factors:

Better current form (6.0 vs 1.0)
Better value for money
More favorable upcoming fixtures

Tarkowski (Everton, £6.0m, 6 points) is the better FPL pick over Shaw (Man Utd, £4.5m, 1 points) as of Gameweek 2, and Tarkowski also has the easier next five fixtures (2.8 vs 3.0 average difficulty).